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Dust Of Dreams (2009)

by Steven Erikson(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0765316552 (ISBN13: 9780765316554)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tom Doherty Associates

series

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

review 1: Unfortunately, this book was probably one of my least favorites of the series thus far. The fact that I still gave it 4 stars is a testament to the strength of Erikson's writing, though I wish I could give it a 3.5. There's plenty of reviews out there much well written than what I'm capable of, so I'll keep this short and sweet. As expected from a Erikson, the ending of this book delivers the goods and during those last two chapters you won't want to put the book down. Unfortunately, leading up to the end felt a bit tedious at times due to the introduction of even more new characters that it's hard to care about initially because you would rather be reading about what Quick Ben, Bottle, and your other favorite characters are up to. Even though I realize many of these story... morelines are probably important to the events that will play out in The Crippled God, an editor would have done Erikson some good as the book felt like one or two hundred pages probably could have been trimmed. The Shake storyline in particular was a bit difficult to get through. I had no inkling as to who these characters were, where they were, or why I should care. Also, after finishing the book I'm still not really sure of the importance of Yedan Derryg and Yan Tovis and how they relate to the rest of the story.There's a lot of pretty sad and depressing content in this book and it feels a bit apocalyptic. Sure it was a bit difficult and frustrating at times, but it sets things up nicely for what should be an epic finale. It may be one of the weaker installments, but if you've made it it this far, there's no stopping. I'm a bit sad the series is coming to an end. 3.5/5
review 2: I will have a more formal review for this when I finish the Crippled God. I really liked this book. Many of the flaws that people have pointed out are here in this book, but anyone who has read this series up until now should be well aware that Erikson would choose to add more characters, or have characters discuss philosophy and economics at length. Although, I do agree, that this late in the series, it is a little frustrating to be introduced to more new characters who take page time away from beloved characters from previous stories. However, Erikson does everything for a reason and, boy, do the story-lines with new characters become riveting. I won't say much more, other than the last 100 pages of this book will hit you like a ton of bricks. I've read many fantasy books in my life, but I've never read an action sequence as well constructed as the one at the end of this book. The imagery is astounding. Yes, it ends on a cliffhanger (a device that Erikson says he hates in the intro to this book). And that cliffhanger was so shocking that I immediately picked up my copy of the Crippled God and ravaged the first 120 pages. I can't wait to finish this series.Well done, Erikson, well done. less

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